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Rogers Sportsnet says average audience for Stanley Cup up 18 per sent over 2016

Rogers Sportsnet says average audience for Stanley Cup up 18 per sent over 2016

TORONTO — An average of 2.67 million Canadian viewers tuned in to see the Stanley Cup final between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Nashville Predators, Rogers Sportsnet said in a release Monday.

RCMP firearms call: Boy, 11 is stable after injured in Nunavut shooting

ARVIAT, Nunavut — An 11-year-old boy from Nunavut is recovering in a Winnipeg hospital after police found him with a bullet wound in his abdomen.
Solo sailor, 73, describes sudden trouble at sea: 'The boat had inverted'

Solo sailor, 73, describes sudden trouble at sea: 'The boat had inverted'

HALIFAX — Alone in the mid-Atlantic, 73-year-old Mervyn Wheatley awoke early Friday to heaving swells threatening to capsize his weathered sailboat, Tamarind. He stumbled from his bunk in the dark, grabbing a flashlight to assess the damage.

Vancouver man is dead after accidentally shooting himself during pistol contest

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — A Vancouver man who fatally shot himself in the torso at a handgun competition appears to have dropped his weapon and it went off, says the president of a target sports association. Cpl. Jodi Shelkie of the RCMP in Kamloops, B.C.

Tech stock sell-off pulls TSX into the red, loonie up on 'hawkish' BoC speech

TORONTO — Weakness in the technology sector weighed on North American stock markets Monday while the loonie shot up after "hawkish" comments about the economy by the Bank of Canada's second in command. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 89.
Longest-serving chief justice of the Supreme Court leaving in December

Longest-serving chief justice of the Supreme Court leaving in December

OTTAWA — Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin is stepping down from the Supreme Court of Canada in December after 28 years on the court, including almost 18 years as chief.

Alberta man still in custody after alleged threats against safety minister

CALGARY — An Alberta man made a brief appearance in court Monday after being charged with making threats against Canada's public safety minister. RCMP allege the threats against Ralph Goodale were made in a voice mail on June 4.
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories

The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories

Highlights from the news file for Monday, June 12 ——— CANADA AND U.S.
Sidney Crosby fans celebrate Cup win with pilgrimage to famous dryer

Sidney Crosby fans celebrate Cup win with pilgrimage to famous dryer

HALIFAX — Mere hours after Sidney Crosby won his third Stanley Cup, the hometown museum that touts itself as "Home of the Sidney Crosby Exhibit" was already coveting new keepsakes.

Northern Quebec stabbings: victims, suspect identified by coroner's office

AKULIVIK, Que. — A man who lived 34 years in the remote Quebec Inuit community of Akulivik, where three people were stabbed to death on the weekend, calls it the "scariest and bravest" town he's known.
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